Lê
Encyclopedia
Lê is a common Vietnam
ese family name. In Vietnamese name
s, the family name comes first. It was ranked the 368th most common surname
in the United States
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The Hán Tự formerly used for this name is 黎, and the name is equivalent to the Chinese surname Lí (黎). The name is transliterated as Ryeo, or Yeo in Korean
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Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
ese family name. In Vietnamese name
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese names generally consist of three parts: a family name, a middle name, and a given name, used in that order. The "family name first" order follows the system of Chinese names and is common throughout the Sinosphere , but is different from Chinese, Korean, and Japanese names in having a...
s, the family name comes first. It was ranked the 368th most common surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
in the United States
United States
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The Hán Tự formerly used for this name is 黎, and the name is equivalent to the Chinese surname Lí (黎). The name is transliterated as Ryeo, or Yeo in Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
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Notable people with surname Lê
- Annie Le
- Anterior Lê DynastyAnterior Lê DynastyThe Early Lê dynasty was a dynasty that ruled Vietnam after the Đinh Dynasty and before the Lý Dynasty. They ruled for a total of three generations and was known for repelling the Song invasion.-Lê Đại Hành Hoàng Đế :1...
- The Lê DynastyLê DynastyThe Later Lê Dynasty , sometimes referred to as the Lê Dynasty was the longest-ruling dynasty of Vietnam, ruling the country from 1428 to 1788, with a brief interruption....
- Lê Công VinhLe Cong VinhLê Công Vinh is a Vietnamese footballer who plays for Hanoi F.C. as a striker. He is also a member of the Vietnamese national team.-Sông Lam Nghệ An:...
- Lê CungCung LeCung Le is a Vietnamese-American Sanshou kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and actor from Saigon, Vietnam currently competing in the UFC. He is the former IKF Light Heavyweight San Shou World Champion and has a professional San Shou record of 16-0 before moving to mixed martial arts...
(born 1972), Vietnamese-born American martial artist - Dinh Q Lê
- Lê Ðức ThọLe Duc ThoLê Đức Thọ , born Phan Đình Khải in Ha Nam province, was a Vietnamese revolutionary, general, diplomat, and politician, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1973, although he declined it....
- Lê Đức AnhLe Duc AnhLê Đức Anh is Vietnamese general and politician. He was president from 1992 until 1997 after leading the Vietnamese forces in Cambodia throughout the 1980s...
- Duy-Loan LeDuy-Loan LeDuy-Loan T. Le is an engineer and the first woman and Asian to get elected to the rank of Texas Instruments Senior Fellow.-Early life:Born in Saigon, South Vietnam, in 1962, to a Vietnamese-Muslim family , she fled to the U.S...
- Lê Hằng Phấn
- Lê Hoàng
- Lê Huỳnh ĐứcLe Huynh DucLê Huỳnh Đức is a Vietnamese football manager and former footballer currently coaching SHB Ðà Nẵng of the V-League. Đức is a former member of the Vietnam national football team, with whom he earned 60 caps , as well as being its top scorer...
- Lê Lợi
- Lê MinhMinh LeMinh Le , also known by his online nickname Gooseman, is a Vietnamese-Canadian computer game developer who co-created the popular Half-Life mod Counter-Strike with Jess Cliffe in 1999...
- Nguyên LêNguyên LêNguyên Lê is a French jazz musician and composer of Vietnamese ancestry. His main instrument is guitar, and he also plays electric bass guitar and guitar synthesizer....
- Le Minh Dao
- Lê Nhân TôngLe Nhan TongLê Nhân Tông was king of Vietnam from 1453 till his murder in a coup. He was a grandson of the hero-king Le Loi. During nearly all of his short reign, the real power behind the throne was his mother, Nguyen Thi Anh....
- Le Quan NinhLê Quan NinhLê Quan Ninh is a French percussionist active in contemporary music and free improvisation.He began studying piano at the age of 5, but turned towards percussion as a teenager. When he was 16, he entered the National Conservatory in Versailles. During this time he discovered free jazz...
, French percussionist - Lê Quang TungLe Quang TungColonel Lê Quang Tung was the commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces under the command of Ngo Dinh Nhu, the brother of South Vietnam's president, Ngo Dinh Diem. A former servant of the Ngô family, Tung's military background was in security and counterespionage...
, commander of ARVN Special Forces - Lê Quý ĐônLe Quy DonLê Quý Đôn was an 18th-century Vietnamese philosopher, poet, encyclopedist, and government official. His pseudonym was Quế Đường. He was a native of Duyen Ha village in present-day Thai Binh Province...
- Tony Le-NguyenTony Le-NguyenTony Le-Nguyen, born as Lê Thiện Toàn in 1968 in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, changed his name to Tony Lee since he began working as an actor in 1985. Over the past 20 years, Le-Nguyen has worked as an actor, writer, director and producer...
- Le Van DuyetLe Van DuyetLê Văn Duyệt was a Vietnamese general who helped Nguyễn Ánh—the future Emperor Gia Long—put down the Tây Sơn rebellion, unify Vietnam and establish the Nguyễn Dynasty...
, general of Gia LongGia LongEmperor Gia Long , born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh , was an emperor of Vietnam...
and viceroy of southern Vietnam - Le Van HungLe Van HungLê Văn Hưng was born in Hóc Môn, in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, and graduated from Thủ Đức Military Academy, 5th class, in 1955. He held many commands from company to battalion level...
- Le Van KhoiLe Van KhoiLê Văn Khôi was the adopted son of the Vietnamese general Lê Văn Duyệt. He led the 1833–1835 Lê Văn Khôi revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng, but died in 1834....
, adopted son of Le Van Duyet - Lê Văn ThiêmLe Van ThiemLê Văn Thiêm was one of the most prominent scientists of Vietnam in the 20th century. Together with Hoàng Tụy, he is considered the father of Vietnam Mathematics society....
- Lê Thái TôngLê Thái TôngLê Thái Tông was an emperor of Vietnam from 1438 till his early death four years later.- Biography :...
- Thuy Thu LeThuy Thu LeThuy Thu Le is an American actress.-Biography:Thuy Thu Le was born in Saigon, South Vietnam. She was raised and educated in the United States, after her parents left Saigon during the Vietnam War. Thuy was only an infant at the time. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and...
- Tuan LeTuan LeTuan Le is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player, known for his aggression and risk-taking....
- Lê Tuấn HùngLe Tuan HungLe Tuan Hung is a Vietnamese composer, performer, and musicologist based in Australia. He is a multi-instrumentalist with a strong background in Vietnamese traditional music and Western classical music. Known as a skilled performer of the đàn tranh, a Vietnamese zither, he plays traditional...